Simon R Calverley

shirtnumber14.bsky.social

🇬🇧🇪🇺 Reading UK. Left-ish. Lurker, reposts funny or pertinent stuff. Repost or like (Yay! bookmarks) is not necessarily an endorsement. Watch out for the occasional original thought.

👤 Joined on 01 October 2023

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22 October 2026 22:21

No, we had the chicken. They had steak and prawns and then tried to split the bill 50/60

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I have been trying to think of what Trump’s hideous “ballroom” project reminds me of — and I finally have it — it is Nicolai Ceausescu’s infamous and unfinished House of the People in communist Romania, which also brought awfulness to a lovely downtown.

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Apparently, it’s still going to be on BBC Sounds. Given that all the content will still have to be selected, compiled and programmed, how much are they actually saving here? Is there really that much extra expenditure involved in sticking it on a DAB channel?

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22 October 2026 22:18

Why do we have to accept it? I think I will go insane if they cut Radio 4 extra. Insomniacs need it....

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But even so, the BBCs obsession with viewing figures, rather than following what they were supposed to do as part of their charter, specifically quality programming, shows how bad things have gotten there.

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